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Hunched over sizzling grills and shrouded in smoke, trainees at the Yueyang Barbecue Academy in southern China roast skewer after skewer of succulent beef tendon, perfecting the skills that could land them a restaurant job.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

For decades, Chinese brothers Gao Zhen and Gao Qiang have made a name for themselves with sculptures like this: irreverent contemporary artworks that skewer the authoritarian past, and present, of their native homeland.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026

Since they formed in 2019, the artists have gained an international reputation for employing the slick tropes of marketing and fashion to playfully skewer consumerism and supply-chain systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

Another standout was the braised wagyu short-rib skewer from the robatayaki menu, a melt-in-your-mouth bite.

From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026

The red peppers and onions on the skewer were slathered in so much sauce, you could hardly blame them for being healthy.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

The Mibrasa Hibachi Table Top Grill is portable, maintains a fire for hours and makes grilling skewers, vegetables and even steaks feel like part of the entertainment.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

When you get hungry, take a quick walk to Checker Hall, a neighborhood bar and restaurant that serves California-Mediterranean food such as skewers, turkish chicken and chicken schnitzel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

Nearby, a man fanned skewers sizzling on a barbecue grill while a couple played badminton and retirees sang cheerfully on a park bench.

From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026

Here, Melville is an American Kafka or Gogol, and in this guise, he skewers our pervasive national ethos that values ambition and striving above all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

I got chicken on wooden skewers and brought it back to the table wrapped in wax paper.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

He tries not to think about the possibility of getting skewered on ancient rebar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Their choreographed debate exploited and skewered stereotypes via expert timing and pointed wit, hitting home with the predominantly Asian and South Asian audience.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

The scene that best defines the story’s idealism happens long before Dunk gets clunked in the head or skewered by a lance.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026

"Customers understand that it's a luxury dish," chef Tomoyuki Takashino said from behind the stove as he skewered an eel he had just killed and filleted.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

Nestor appeared enthroned among his sons, while friends around them skewered the red beef or held it scorching.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

In the classroom, trainees crowded around instructor Luo Duocheng as he demonstrated slicing a slab of beef, marinating it, and skewering the meat to form identical kebabs.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

But on a weekly show on CNN, “Have I Got News For You,” where Wood hosts a panel skewering headline-makers, the president is one of the comedian’s go-to targets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

It's unclear whether Eisner was joking and knew that Lohan had played both roles or not but that didn't stop a witty, young Lohan from skewering the executive.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024

By elevating the links in the supply chain to the role of designer, the collective is skewering the whole idea of the It bag and dupe culture.

From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

Soon he came out, a gangling, tall, reddish-brownskinned fellow, at that time thirty- five years old; when my purpose was made known, he brisded, his eyes skewering me from behind the hom-rimmed glasses.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey